REGULATIONS FOR GATEMEN AT LEVEL CROSSINGS.
1. Every Gateman will be provided with Day and Night Signals, which he must keep in proper order.
2. Gates must always be kept closed across a road, except when required to be opened to allow the Railway to be passed.
3. Before opening the Gates, the Gateman is to satisfy himself that a Train is not in sight; he will then exhibit his Red light, and always allow the Signal to remain until the Railway is clear and the Gates closed.
4. If an Engine follow another within three minutes, the Danger Signal is to be shown; from three to seven minutes, the Caution Signal must be exhibited.
5. In all cases, the Gateman, when signalling, is to stand on the opposite side of the Railway, that he may be seen by the Driver of the Train.
6. The Gatemen must make themselves well acquainted with the Signals, as laid down in Sections 2 and 3.
REGULATIONS FOR BALLAST ENGINEMEN AND PLATE-LAYERS.
1. When a Ballast Engine is discharging or taking in ballast, blocks, sleepers, or other materials, on the Main Line, the Engineman is to send a Ballastman back 600 yards with a red signal-flag; and this Ballastman is to remain on the look-out till the Ballast Train is ready to move, and he is to stop any approaching Train, and inform the Driver of the position of the Ballast Train. (See [Rule 17], page 182.)